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Avaya named as a 'Leader' in IDC UC&C global vendor report

Mon, 14th Aug 2017
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The report also offered advice to companies that are intending to implement, change or expand their UC&C environment.
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Managed services and the art of differentiation

Mon, 14th Aug 2017
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Differentiation is the name of the game for MSPs as the market becomes mainstream and commoditisation rears its head. But how do you differentiate?.
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Vendors moving up and down the ranks in mixed bag wearable band market

Fri, 11th Aug 2017
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Apple has fallen to third place in the market, overtaken by both Xiaomi and Fitbit - despite the latter experiencing a 34% year-on-year decline.
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Cybersecurity firm Centrify hits 'major sales milestone'

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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Cybersecurity firm Centrify has hit what it calls a 'major milestone' across the 2016-2017 financial year by achieving US$100 million in sales.
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The low-code platform allowing all developers to build secure, scalable apps

Tue, 8th Aug 2017
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OutSystems revolutionises app creation, enabling any developer to build secure, enterprise-level mobile applications with ease.
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Gartner names Veritas a Leader in data centre backup and recovery solutions

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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Veritas crowned a leader yet again in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for backup and recovery, bolstering their data management dominance.
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Veeam enterprise push gains further strength with Magic Quadrant leadership ranking

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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Veeam's enterprise push has received another boost, with the vendor a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions.
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New Zealand big winner in IDC Smart Cities Asia Pacific awards

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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New Zealand has claimed four out of 14 IDC Smart City Asia Pacific Awards, edging out Singapore to the most wins.
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Tablet market continues downward spiral in second quarter of 2017

Sat, 5th Aug 2017
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Despite the turmoil within the market, 3 of the top 5 vendors actually managed to increase their shares of the market and grow on an annual basis.
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Slight decline in smartphone market for Q2 2017 to be short-lived

Fri, 4th Aug 2017
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​New research from IDC has revealed the smartphone market declined slightly in the second quarter of 2017 – but this is expected to soon change.
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Sluggish Chinese smartphone market to get boost from new launches

Thu, 3rd Aug 2017
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Huawei is continuing to hold top spot in China's smartphone market, closely followed by Oppo and Vivo. But what lies ahead for the market?.
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Semiconductor spend ramps up on back of 'aggressive' investment

Thu, 3rd Aug 2017
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Worldwide semiconductor spend is forecast to see strong increases over 2017 driven by aggressive investment in memory and leading-edge logic.
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IDC: Writing on the wall for Aussie enterprise Ethernet market?

Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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With a 21 percent year-on-year decline, IDC reports the first quarter of 2017 was in fact the worst downturn in some time.
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DX, SaaS driving 'remarkable' growth for SD-WAN

Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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DX and the rise of SaaS have set the stage for SD-WAN to play a major role in enterprise networks, IDC says with CAGR of nearly 70% forecast to 2021.
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Large investment ahead for ITOM services as DX and IOT drive demand

Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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Investment in IT operations management tools is climbing, with Gartner forecasting increased demand from enterprises for managed ITOM and ITOMaaS.
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Cloud infrastructure services skyrocket 47% - AI to be big future player

Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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​The global cloud infrastructure services market continued its rampant growth in Q2 2017, surging 47 percent year-on-year to reach US$14 billion.
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IaaS set to surpass SaaS spending in 2017 and be a major driver of growth

Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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IDC has predicted the public cloud services market to exceed the US$10b mark this year with IaaS spending surpassing SaaS for the first time.
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ANZ among top 4 nations for IoT readiness - IDC report

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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The International Data Corporation (IDC) report provides a comparative assessment of Asia Pacific excluding Japan.
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Canalys launches white-labelled event app to make partner events easier

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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Canalys is serving up a new event app, for use by technology vendors and their channel partners, to improve attendees experience at partner events.
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SSA market to explode over next 12 months – Gartner ranks top vendors

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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Solid-state arrays (SSAs) are set to improve in performance by a factor of 10, doubling in density and cost-effectiveness over the next year.